We maintain the best listing we can of natural history-related events on Martha’s Vineyard. While we periodically check organizational websites and newspaper calendar sections for events to include here, we’d welcome your help making this part of our website as complete and helpful as possible. Are you or your organization involved in an event that might be of interest to friends of the Martha’s Vineyard Atlas of Life? Please email MVAL program director Matt Pelikan at with details or a web link.
Thanks for your help!
Upcoming Events
Introduction to Vineyard Butterflies
Tuesday, August 19, 2025, 6:00 p.m. Katharine Cornell Theater, 51 Spring Street, Vineyard Haven. Sponsored by the Vineyard Haven Public Library. BiodiversityWorks community naturalist Matt Pelikan presents on the ecology, identification, and status of the Vineyard’s butterflies. Matt has been studying and photographing Vineyard butterlies for more than a quarter-century. This talk will be a great way to get started learning about these charismatic and easy to study insects! Free and open to all, no registration necessary. For more details, click below to access the Vineyard Haven Library’s blog post on the event.